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2025-09-26

- +Add mTLS support for HTTP-based OpenTelemetry exporters
- ~Enable /context command for Bedrock and Vertex
2025-09-25

- ~Set
CLAUDE_BASH_NO_LOGIN environment variable to 1 or true to to skip login shell for BashTool - ~No longer inform Claude of the list of allowed tools when permission is denied
- ↑Improved VSCode extension performance for large files
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- ✓Fix Bedrock and Vertex environment variables evaluating all strings as truthy
- ✓Fixed security vulnerability in Bash tool permission checks
2025-09-23

- +Added SlashCommand tool, which enables Claude to invoke your slash commands. https://code.claude.com/docs/en/slash-commands#SlashCommand-tool
- ~Bash permission rules now support output redirections when matching (e.g., `Bash(python:*)` matches `python script.py > output.txt`)
- ~Enhanced BashTool environment snapshot logging
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- ~Migrated --debug logging to a file, to enable easy tailing & filtering
- ✓Fixed thinking mode triggering on negation phrases like "don't think"
- ✓Fixed rendering performance degradation during token streaming
- ✓Fixed a bug where resuming a conversation in headless mode would sometimes enable thinking unnecessarily
2025-09-19

- ~Enhanced sessions dialog responsiveness and visual feedback
- ↑Improved VSCode extension command registry and sessions dialog user experience
- ✓Fix input lag during typing, especially noticeable with large prompts
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- ✓Fixed IDE compatibility issue by removing worktree support check
- ✓Fixed security vulnerability where Bash tool permission checks could be bypassed using prefix matching
2025-09-18

- +Support dynamic headers for MCP servers via headersHelper configuration
- ✓Fix Windows issue where process visually freezes on entering interactive mode
- ✓Fix thinking mode not working in headless sessions
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- ✓Fix slash commands now properly update allowed tools instead of replacing them
2025-09-16

- +Add Ctrl-R history search to recall previous commands like bash/zsh
- +Add sed command to auto-allowed commands in acceptEdits mode
- +Add permissions management hint to /add-dir output
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- ✓Fix input lag while typing, especially on Windows
- ✓Fix Windows PATH comparison to be case-insensitive for drive letters

- ~Improve thinking mode display with enhanced visual effects
- ~Type /t to temporarily disable thinking mode in your prompt
- ~Improve path validation for glob and grep tools
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- ~Show condensed output for post-tool hooks to reduce visual clutter
- ~Improve UI consistency for permission request dialogs
- ✓Fix visual feedback when loading state completes
2025-09-13

- −Deprecated piped input in interactive mode
- ~Move Ctrl+R keybinding for toggling transcript to Ctrl+O
2025-09-12

- +Transcript mode (Ctrl+R)Added the model used to generate each assistant message
- +HooksAdded systemMessage support for SessionEnd hooks
- +Added
spinnerTipsEnabled setting to disable spinner tips
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- ~Addressed issue where some Claude Max users were incorrectly recognized as Claude Pro users
- ~IDEVarious improvements and bug fixes
2025-09-10

- ~/model now validates provided model names
- ✓Fixed Bash tool crashes caused by malformed shell syntax parsing
2025-09-09

- ~/terminal-setup command now supports WezTerm
- ~MCP: OAuth tokens now proactively refresh before expiration
- ✓Fixed reliability issues with background Bash processes
2025-09-08

- +SDKAdded partial message streaming support via `--include-partial-messages` CLI flag
2025-09-04

- ✓WindowsFixed path permission matching to consistently use POSIX format (e.g., `Read(//c/Users/...)`)
2025-08-27

- +VertexAdd support for global endpoints for supported models
- +SDKAdd custom tools as callbacks
- +Added /todos command to list current todo items
2025-08-26

- +WindowsAdd alt + v shortcut for pasting images from clipboard
- +Support NO_PROXY environment variable to bypass proxy for specified hostnames and IPs
2025-08-24

- ~Settings file changes take effect immediately - no restart required
2025-08-22

- +Introduced
ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL and `ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL` for controlling model aliases opusplan, opus, and sonnet. - ~Status line input now includes `exceeds_200k_tokens`
- ~BedrockUpdated default Sonnet model to Sonnet 4
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- ✓Fixed issue causing "OAuth authentication is currently not supported"
- ✓Fixed incorrect usage tracking in /cost.
2025-08-20

- +Added /context to help users self-serve debug context issues
- +SDKAdded UUID support for all SDK messages
- +SDKAdded
--replay-user-messages to replay user messages back to stdout
2025-08-19

- ~Status line input now includes session cost info
- ~Hooks: Introduced SessionEnd hook
2025-08-18

- ~@-mention: Add ~/.claude/\* files to suggestions for easier agent, output style, and slash command editing
- ~Use built-in ripgrep by default; to opt out of this behavior, set USE_BUILTIN_RIPGREP=0
- ✓Fix tool_use/tool_result id mismatch error when network is unstable